(To read Part 1, featuring the project backstory and MP3 links, click here)

{David Lynch. Untitled [Grim Augury #1], 2009. Digital print mounted on aluminum.
Edition 1 of 7. Courtesy Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles.}

DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL

Premiere collaboration between groundbreaking music
artist Danger Mouse and luminary filmmaker David Lynch
On view at the Michael Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles
May 30–July 11, 2009

Along with the CD-R and the book release, Lynch‘s original photographic artwork from Dark Night Of The Soul can currently be viewed up close and personal at Los Angeles‘ Michael Kohn Gallery.  The show runs from May 30-July 11, 2009, so it will still be up for about another month for those fortunate enough to be able to catch it.

Here’s a description of the event taken from the official press release:

“Fifty of Lynch’s photographs are mounted on aluminum panels that seem to float on the gallery walls, reinforcing the moody rhythms of the music from Dark Night of the Soul that will play throughout the gallery. The installation encourages a fully enveloping experience that surpasses the individual visual or auditory elements.”

The 50 photographs referenced in the press release are the same images that grace the pages of the hardcover, limited edition book containing the blank DNOTS “artifact” CD-R.  The photos, which embody the same dark and emotional imagery as Lynch‘s cinematography, are all untitled.  Each one, however, contains a caption with a song title and a number from 1-3 or, in most cases, 1-4, which denotes the image number and track that inspired it.  All of the gallery pieces also contain the following specs.

Artist: David Lynch
Medium: Digital film, inkjet print on glossy paper
Mounted: Aluminum panel
Dimensions: 24 inches (height) x 26 inches (width)
CreationYear: 2009

{David Lynch. Untitled [Pain #3], 2009. Digital print mounted on aluminum.
Edition 1 of 7. Courtesy Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles.}

The opening reception took place on Saturday May, 30th and ran from 5–7pm.  The turnout was outstanding and featured a number of big name celebrities.  Along with DNOTS producers Danger Mouse and Mark Linkous, David Lynch, and gallery owner Michael Kohn, the guest list included the following:

Actor/comedian, Ben Stiller
Musician, FLEA
Actress, Heather Graham
Producer, Rick Rubin
Actor, Crispin Glover
and
Pop-surrealist, Mark Ryden

For a full set of images from the event, please check out For Your Art‘s Flicker set by clicking HERE.

{David Lynch. Untitled [Insane Lullaby #1], 2009. Digital print mounted on aluminum.
Edition 1 of 7. Courtesy Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles.}

To attend the exhibit, purchase one of the pieces, and/or find out the individual prices of the work, please contact the gallery at:

Michael Kohn Gallery
8071 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(323)-658-8088
www.kohngallery.com

Below, we have supplied all of the images, from both the Dark Night Of The Soul exhibit and the book, except for one.  The only image missing is the untitled photo of a drinking glass on a green carpet, known only by “The Man Who Played God #3“.  We have also located the following video on Youtube, which contains someone sifting through the DNOTS book while the corresponding tracks play over the individual images.  The missing image can be viewed briefly in the video at 3 minutes 47 seconds.

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Dead C

Located in Seattle, Dead C is the founder/editor, as well as the principal writer and photographer, of Monster Fresh. Creating the site in 2007, he did so with a specific dream in mind. Unfortunately, being a muscle relaxer-fueled fever dream, it's hard to recall all of the details. "I remember that my mom was there, but it wasn't actually her in the dream, it was actually 70s heart throb, Jan Michael Vincent. And everything took place here, in this room... but it wasn't actually here... it was different. The colors were washed out and, for some reason, there was a raccoon kicking it with us and it was wearing a holographic monocle."

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